How to Build a Happy Workforce
While there is no one-size-fits-all solution to making your employees happy, Amber Overla provides some great places to start along with a few ways to show your staff they’re appreciated.
Embrace Design Constraints Before They Become Flaws
Everything has constraints, especially in design. But a good designer doesn’t just work around design constraints, argues Travis Root, they learn to operate within them and use them to their advantage.
Socializing the Credit Union
Keegan Krajniak urges credit unions to take a step back from the new technology and streamlined processes and reflect on how they are investing in their communities and their members as people.
Are App Platforms the Future of Financial Services?
Chip Filson debates the self-service trend sweeping the financial industry and whether or not FinTech apps will take the place of brick and mortar in the future.
What is the Value of a Strategic Plan?
Chip Filson contemplates what value, if any, credit unions can find in strategic planning. And if there is value to be found, what’s the easiest way to get it out?
Has the Credit Union System Lost its Entrepreneurial Edge?
Chip Filson discusses the student-run credit union boom of the 1980s and the excitement, inspiration, and drive that went along with it, begging the question: where did that entrepreneurial spirit go?
Executives in Leadership: Has Conflict Gotten a Bad Rap?
Continuing her series on effective leadership, Alycia Meyers covers conflict in the workplace and how contrary to popular belief, it can be a great thing for your organization—when managed correctly.
What Credit Unions Can Learn from Morris Plan Banks
Chip Filson contemplates the old Morris Plan Bank model, its history, its eventual downfall, and why credit unions purchasing banks might be following in its flawed footsteps.
Facts vs. Fictions: the NCUSIF Financial Model Works—Even When Mismanaged
Chip Filson compares the NCUSIF’s projected net operating loss against the actual data and discusses potential ramifications for the variance in these numbers.
The Dates That Can Change Your Career
If you’re not making note of the dates that can change your career, you’re falling behind those who do. Randy Karnes shares his thoughts on how leaders identify opportunities to shine and then put the work in.
